Bottle-stopper



(ModeL) D. S. PAISLEY.

Bottle Stopper.

No. 233,796. Patented Oct. 26, 1880.

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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

DAVID S. PAISLEY, F CLEVELAND, OHIO.

BOTTLE-STOPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 233,796, dated October26, 1880.

Application filed March 30, 1880.

- letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention has reference to certain improvements in corks or stoppersfor bottles, and is particularly designed to afford a stopper which willfit a variety of bottles of different shape and size, and can be usedmany times without destruction. It is adapted to any liquid except thestronger acids without being affected thereby, is no larger than anordinary cork, and very simple in its construction.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of my bottle-stopper, showingit inserted in the neck of an ordinary wine-bottle. Fig.2 is a sectionalview of the stopper, and Fig. 3 another form of disk which I employ atthe top.

B is a wing-nut, threaded to fit the bolt 0, and bearing upon the diskD, which is provided with a projecting lip, a, to be held by the thumbof the left hand when turning the nut to fasten the stopper in the neckof the bottle A.

E is a cylinder, of wood or other suitable (ModeL) material; and F,another cylinder, of the same material, or simply a metallic washer.

G is a ring or cushion, of rubber, as a piece of rubber tubing.

When the stopper is placed in a bottle, by turning the nut B the rubberG is compressed and expanded outwardly against the inner neck of thebottle in the form shown by the dotted lines G, the disk being drawnupward and compressing the rubber, as shown at F in Fig. 2, thuseffectually closing the bottle and preventing the escape of the stopper.

When desired, the stopper can be removed by a reverse movement of thenut.

Instead of the lip a, I can use a fluted or corrugated disk, as shown inFig. 3.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

As a new and useful article of manufacture, the bottle-stopperdescribed, consisting of bolt 0, cylinder F, rubber ring Gr, cylinder E,wingnut B, and disk 1), with-lip a, all constructed and arranged tooperate substantially as set forth and shown.

This specification signed and witnessed this 18th day of March, 1880.

' DAVID S. PAISLEY.

Witnesses:

A. O. BALZER, S. M. WOLCOTT.

